In the Northern Hemisphere, the hot, lazy “dog days” of summer are at an end. In recent years, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy and New Zealand have marked the occasion by celebrating “National Dog Day.” National Dog Day is a holiday to celebrate all things cani...

By December 2014, consumers will see a huge shift in the way their food packaging is presented and therefore how food packaging is translated. One of the latest EU directives, the Food Information Regulation (FIR) to be precise, aims to tackle rising obesity numbers by abolishing confusing and incon...

Another day, another study highlighting Britain’s national lack of foreign language skills. This time, it’s new research from the British Council . According to the survey (the results of which should surprise absolutely no one), too many British holidays abroad are lost in translat...

Translators are supposed to hew as closely to the original text as possible. But often, there is not one “perfect translation” that captures both the feel and the meaning of the original. Even the most conscientious translator has to make choices. How do those choices change the meaning?...

Are you looking for a way to get an edge on your foreign language studies? New research from the University of Edinburg suggests that, as with many of life’s challenges, music is the answer. In the study, groups of test subjects were introduced to a selection of words and short phrases in Hung...

What is the world’s weirdest language? And what makes a language “weird,” anyway? Every language has its own quirks that might seem “weird” to people who didn’t grow up speaking it. Idilon, a company that uses natural language processing to build computer programs...

Agnieszka works at K International. It was her first full day at Tesco yesterday. It’s her job to oversee all of the client communication between K International and Tesco. No small feat as we help over a dozen different departments within Tesco to translate their documentation, packaging, web...

Just like different types of music, each language has its own distinctive sound. French, often described as the “language of love,” could be compared to a soft, seductive ballad. English might be a radio-friendly pop song. But what about German? By reputation at least, the mother tongue ...

Most people take a camera with them on their travels, whether it’s a phone, a compact or a full blown DSLR. Holiday photography is now easily accessible to the wide majority, even if just to relive a few memories or to make your Facebook contacts jealous....

Most languages have a set of words that you really shouldn’t say…unless you intend to cause offence, that is. In English, George Carlin’s famous “Seven Dirty Words” skit comes to mind. When communicating across cultures, you might think that it would be easy enough to k...